One small note I saw in reading about the rebranding is that Weigel didn’t contract with Nielsen for ratings for Decades. They will be getting ratings for the new format. So I don’t know how they sold commercial time but the new format will increase their revenue.
On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 9:15 AM Diner <[email protected]> wrote: > The new brand and focus seems rather more downscale and less curated than > their current schedule... although I suppose one man's "Petticoat Junction" > is another man's "Full House." > > Overall, it's not going to have a huge impact on their schedule, since > most of Decades was comedy anyway... but sadly, this does mean the end of > nightly "Dick Cavett Show" reruns. (Just last night I caught part of a 1971 > pre-bout showdown between Ali and Frazier, which was truly a glimpse at a > bygone era.) > > I believe the only dramas on their regular schedule were "Dark Shadows" > and "The Millionaire," both buried in the 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. hours. But they > did often feature dramas on their weekend binges - "77 Sunset Strip" this > coming weekend (including the complete "noir" final season) and "The Mod > Squad" the weekend after that, just before the rebranding begins. I wonder > how often we'll see dramas like that on subchannels in the future. > > > On Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at 10:33:46 PM UTC-4 David Bruggeman wrote: > >> Kurtis has been the announcer for NPR's "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me" since >> the retirement of Carl Kasell, and AFAIK, isn't planning to stop doing that >> any time soon. >> >> David >> >> On Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at 06:51:18 PM PDT, 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> He is in his 80s, and his show on the Decades sidechannel wasn't the big >> attraction there anyway, so Weigel is rebranding the netlet as "Catchy >> Comedy!", going for full-time laughs from classics from across the... well, >> you know... the new brand débuts March 27th, and here's a sampling of its >> daily menu, along with the continuing weekend binge, from its affiliate in >> Green Bay, where the NFL team has been under major scrutiny lately... >> >> https://www.wbay.com/2023/03/14/goodbye-decades-hello-catchy-comedy/ >> (link) >> >> B >> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/7b8a9ebe-9a6f-4647-9ae4-0a357da31178n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/7b8a9ebe-9a6f-4647-9ae4-0a357da31178n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiHQ7CtHOdv6bKURbvW_w%2Bw%3DyDSbkL5TmMg1Js_WE5uJPQ%40mail.gmail.com.
